• DdCno1@beehaw.org
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      Consumers do not have the leverage they once had anymore. Last year, 70% of RAM went to AI. This year, it’s likely even more and who knows how few crumbs they are leaving for us to lick up from the kitchen floor in 2027.

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          Why would RAM manufacturers or large tech companies that have both stopped caring about consumers as customers be bothered by a boycott done by said consumers? Are you not seeing the problem here?

          • ㄖㄨㄖㄙ祂@retrolemmy.com
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            I am seeing that the term “boycott” means vastly different things to historians and the average emptor.
            When I say «boycott,» what is the first that comes to your mind?

            For me, it’s this.
            A rioting mob of Luddites, British workers who were opposed to increasing mechanization of jobs.🔗

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              Boycotts are by definition non-violent. You can’t just use an outdated definition or make up your own if you want people to understand what you’re trying to communicate. Just say riot, uprising or revolt instead.